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A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd

A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd

Boingboing.net, the sat but riveting ending to the too short life of the comet ison. and if youve got young children, send them out of the room because this tragic death was caught on camera. for about 4 billion years, this comet wound around our solar system until this thanksgiving dashgs when like the mythical itherus from the song, the ison traveled too close to the sun. the ball in the middle is our sun and the white thing is comet ison. its over, johnny. astronomers say some small chunk of ...

Was caught on camera. for about 4 billion years, this comet wound around our solar system until this thanksgiving day, when like the nithical itherus from the song, the ison traveled too close to the sun. the ball in the middle is our sun and the white thing is comet ison. its over, johnny. astronomers say some small chunk of the nuke luis is still out there, but it wouldnt be any bigger than a chihuahuas head. thus, nasa has officially declared the comet dead. rest in peace, you left us too soo...

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Killing troops and civilians. the white house is calling for his immediate release. thousands of people will wear red ribbons tomorrow to mark the 25th annual world aids day. people will show support for those living with hiv and aids and commemorate those who have died. about 35 million people worldwide have hiv or aids. health officials say more than 250,000 children were newly infected with the virus last year. activists are planning to rally in new yorks time square and landmarks around th...

After further review, it may not be the case. here is jenny harrison. >> reporter: they say comets are like cats, they have tails and they do exactly what they want. this, of course, is pretty much what comet ison has been doing. the last 24 hours, they are wondering, did it survive when it encountered the heat from the sun. it looks as if it might have done that. when it was spotted, it was september 2012. two russian amateur astronomers found i way up there, 585 million miles away from the ear...

There are an awful lot of people in this country that were voting americans that supported the president that were satisfied with their insurance. so still at the end of the day, he has entangled himself with voters that supported him that are now losing their insurance, having it readjusted, looking at a catalyst for 2018 and small businesses. >> it doesnt sound like nothing. sounds more like nothing. >> let me leave it there. chris and katon, gentlemen, thank you both for giving us a little so...

Welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." time for headlines. the state department is the urging u.s. airline carriers to comply with chinas demands any flights passing through its newly restricted air space be announced, this after china scrambled can fighter jets to investigate u.s. and japanese planes passing through the zone over the east china sea. this new restricted air space is in response to the on going dispute between china and japan over a small group of islands in the area. dozen...

Of the comet ison. it may have brightened as well, but will it fizzle off, veer off course? all those questions. theres no way to predict this, but were certainly watching it. and since we are speaking of the wild blue yonder, how is this for a selfie? i love it. a pic from nasas instagram page. this has topped 350,000 followers, and nasa just put it up in september. old pics, new pics, pretty cool stuff, and a nice piece running about it right now on cnn.com. highly recommend you check it out...